The new board of INGEDE consists of:
– Stefan Endras, Utzenstorf Papier (Switzerland),
– Dr Volker Gehr, Steinbeis Papier (Germany),
– Dr Thomas Krauthauf, UPM (Germany),
– Dr Johann Oberndorfer, UPM (Germany),
– Thomas Reibelt, Norske Skog (Austria), and
– Alejandro Rodríguez, Holmen Paper (Spain).

The leaders of the working groups within INGEDE are members of the extended board:
– Manfred Geistbeck, UPM (Germany),
– Peter Hengesbach, Stora Enso (Germany), and
– Anne-Katrin Klar, SCA Hygiene (Germany).

The members of the board elected Thomas Krauthauf chairman,
his deputy is Stefan Endras.

Under the leadership of Höke since his first election in 2003,
INGEDE developed into an internationally recognised institution
within the paper value chain. From 2010 to 2012, Höke
also chaired the European Recovered Paper Council
(ERPC). Based on the INGEDE Methods, the ERPC issued
criteria for the evaluation of the recyclability of printed
products that have been included into numerous national
ecolabels up to the European Ecolabel for Printed Products.
More than three million euros invested into research
INGEDE includes 28 European paper mills that utilise paper
for recycling to produce new graphic paper, hygiene paper, or
white top liner and folding boxboard. In 2015, INGEDE
members used more than 7 million tons of paper for recycling.

INGEDE coordinates research projects, which benefit the
needs of all members. Lead by Höke, since 2003 INGEDE
started projects worth more than 3 million euros.

More than just financing research work, over the last years
INGEDE has developed 17 “INGEDE Methods“, which serve
as objective standards in the evaluation of paper for
recycling, paper and pulp properties or the evaluation of the
recyclability of print products.

INGEDE is an association of leading European paper manufacturers
founded in 1989. INGEDE aims at promoting utilisation
of recovered graphic paper (newsprint, magazines and
office paper) and improving the conditions for an extended
use of recovered paper for the production of new graphic
paper, hygiene paper, and white top liner and folding boxboard.

(http://www.ingede.com)